Shari B. Kaplan, LCSWIntegrative Mental Health

Can Low-Dose THC Change Breast Cancer Cells?

25 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, Shari B. Kaplan, LCSW, recounts her collaboration beginning in 2013 with Dr. Alan Frankel on the use of medical cannabis for cancer and neurological conditions. She highlights clinical observations that patients who combined medical cannabis with chemotherapy experienced markedly fewer side effects such as neuropathy, nausea, and gastrointestinal issues. Kaplan then references a recent study indicating that very low doses of THC can reduce the severity of breast cancer and notes that the research is progressing toward human trials. She concludes by urging viewers to consider medical cannabis as a supportive option for themselves or loved ones facing breast cancer.

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In 2013, I started traveling to California to work with Dr. Alan Frankel on medical cannabis and cancer, medical cannabis and neurological challenges. And what we were discovering in the patients that he was treating was that many patients didn't have the side effects of the chemo who used medical cannabis with it. And those side effects were neuropathy, nausea, gut issues. So these were really Profound findings that we were seeing, and now this study talks about how THC in very low doses will halt the severity of breast cancer. So you can check out the study; you can see what else it was finding. They're going into human trials. This team of researchers who have been around the cannabis world have done really excellent studies. So I hope you'll take a look, and I hope you'll. Consider medical cannabis to support you on your healing journey if you or a loved one has breast cancer.